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>>108055962
Used ArcGIS for school, easiest distinction of my life. Are you set on becoming a civil engineer?

>>108055962
How could you use ai for mapping? I make my own topographic maps, download the contour data, or use lidar data when available and then you can gen your own contours. Its fun, then I go exploring. I wouldn't trust an AI drawn map... ever.

>>108057583
I work in geology where we need maps all the time.
>>108057607
Can't AI just reliably put that data on a map? No transformation needed thus little room for error. And even if it's faulty, corpos always pick the cheaper option even if it's worse.

>>108055962
I worked for a few years on side missions with a guy from ESRI, and we used their products all the time. Met a few people from our national geographic institute and a few of them work in partnership with us.

I'd say it's about data. Maps are often one of the most advanced dataviz products, and getting clean maps requires clean data. And there are tons of work to do in this regard.

I met a guy who made maps modelling drought predictions and similar things for home insurance companies (context: France, where extreme droughts change ground stability and fragilizes stone / concrete foundations and substructure). Highly successful.

I'd say it's at least a viable junior / first carreer path for the next 10 years. You'd probably need some other specialization or domain experience to find well-paying jobs after that.